Midwinter
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Below 5 births
About Midwinter
Striking the balance between edgy and whimsical, Midwinter has a similar feel to Nightingale, Vesper, and Reverie — that is, names that lean both poetic and dreamy, but have a shaper, darker mystique to them. Associated with the Christmas carol, In The Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti, it may also relate to the winter solstice and to snow and ice.
Midwinter for girls
Use as the (last) name of a character in Wikie Collins' 1866 novel Armadale, it could make an intriguing and unexpected middle name if Winter feels too conventional, Sunshine and Wildflower feel out of season and Snow and Solstice are too soft for you.
Midwinter for boys
Associated with the (bleak) Christmas carol by Christina Rosetti, with cold, snowy days, and the winter solstice, Midwinter is a wild word name that sits somewhere between edgy Midnight and the more whimsical Evergreen. Also used as a surname, it appears in Wilkie Collins' 1866 novel, Armadale, worn by the character Ozias Midwinter.
While it could be a first name, it may be better as an unexpected middle option.
Pronounced MID-win-ter.